Japanese edit

 
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香箱座り (kōbako-zuwari): a cat sitting in a catloaf pose.
Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 4
はこ > ばこ
Grade: 3
すわ > ずわ
Grade: 6
goon kun’yomi kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 香箱 (kōbako, incense box) +‎ 座り (suwari, sitting, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 座る (suwaru, to sit)). The suwari changes to zuwari as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Refers to the similarity in shape between an incense box, and a cat when sitting with its front and back paws tucked underneath and its tail wrapped closely along the side of its body.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːba̠ko̞zɨᵝɰᵝa̠ɾʲi]

Noun edit

(こう)(ばこ)(ずわ) (kōbako-zuwari

  1. sitting in a catloaf pose

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References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 『もっと知りたい!ねこの気持ち』 (Motto Shiritai! Neko no Kimochi, in Japanese), PHP Institute, pp. 34-35